Cabinet for automobiles.



E. M. SHERLOCKu CABINET FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED APR-26. 1917.

Patented Apr. 23, 1918.

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CABINET FOR AUTOMOBILES.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 23, I91.

Application filed April 26 1917. Serial No. 164,806.

To all whom z't-mag concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER M. SHERLOCK, a citizen of the United States, and a resi dent of Portland, county of lvlultnoinah, State of Oregon, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cabinets for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object the providing of a cabinet which may be affixed to the running board of an automobile, which is adapted in its interior arrangement to carry the camping utensils and provisions, and which is provided with a front cover arranged to be let down so as to provide a table, the inner end of which incidentally provides a cover for the compartments in the bottom of the cabinet.

I attain my object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

:I igure 1 is a front elevation of my cabinet with the cover down;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view.

My invention comprises a case a, provided with partitions b, c, and with further partitions as (Z in the bottom. The front of the case, at the bottom, is closed by a wall 6, and the upper part of the cabinet is provlded with a cover f. The latter is hinged at 9 (having reference to the construction shown in Fig. 2). At the inner side of the top of the cover f is hinged a supplemental cover-section 71., extending inward and over the partition d, as shown in Fig. 2. The cover is hinged at the bottom to the front wall 6, the supplemental piece is hinged at the top of the cover, and

the abutting faces of the cover and the supplemental piece are beveled. When access is desired to the pockets in the lower part of the cabinet the supplemental cover-section it may be lifted back, as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2. The cover 7 is held in extended position so as to serve as a table by means of a cable or chain arranged as shown at d. When the cover f is lifted so as to close the cabinet, the supplemental cover piece 72, (being narrower than the depth of the cabinet) will move inwardly slightly; and. when the cover 7 is let down the parts 7', 9 will assume, automatically, their cooperative positions for providing a table extend ing into the cabinet.

For holding the cover 7 in its closed position, I provide a staple j and hasp Is. I also provide a ring Z, by which the cabinetmay be suspended. But when placed on the run ning board of the automobile my cabinet is clamped in place by the clamping bar on and thumb screw it. 0 are grooved cleats for supporting rods by which to secure dishes in place.

I claim:

A cabinet comprising an'open front case, a wall portion closing the lower part of the cabinet, a cover for the open front of the cabinet above said wall, saidcover being hinged at the lower inner corner to the top of said wall, a supplemental cover piece hinged to the upper inner corner of the cover, said supplemental piece being slightly shorter than the depth of the cabinet, and means for supporting the cover in horizontal position. V

ELMER M. SHERLOCK.

Copies of this patent may, be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

